AD&LE AND CO, " I must have notice of that question," said Berry. « jj j>(j kacj one Qr £WQ orangeades, j don't know what I mightn't do." " I honestly think/' said Ad&le, " we ought to rule out any force. I mean, where force is concerned, we can't begin to compete with" a full-dress tough. Besides, what are the jewels compared with anyone's health ? " "Baubles," said Berry. "That's what they are. Baubles. And I entirely agree. Let's claim the insurance money and overlook Casca's lapse. After all, he's very amusing." My brother-in-law can be more crisply and devasta- tingly provocative than the most malignant baboon that ever grimaced. In an instant the argument was lost in a welter of indignant controversy to which he unctuously subscribed. Out of the incoherence— " I said he was attractive ? " screamed Daphne. « I said------" " For your sake," declared her husband, " I tolerated the man. Never mind. It's too hot to argue. Let's sing the Gugnunc psalm." By the time that my sister had established that Casca de Palk was not and never had been anything but repulsive to anyone not gifted with the mentality of Rabelais, that her husband seemed deliberately to suppress those instincts of decency which even the lower animals sought to acquire, that lies and per- version were his glory and misrepresentation his crown, the author of discord was only too patently asleep. As she looked round for some missile— " Hush," said I, " Here's Francois. He's not my idea of Nemesis, but we can always hope." 58